Duke v Michigan State Block/Charge (Video)

[Rich]

I'm not fond of his spot on the floor. A couple of steps towards the end line and maybe he has a better look.

But we all miss one now and then and Wymer is one of the best.

Originally Posted by Rich

I'm not fond of his spot on the floor. A couple of steps towards the end line and maybe he has a better look.

If he stepped toward the end line I think he would have a worse view of potential defenders in his PCA. Stepping onto the court towards the basket would be more effective here IMO.

[JRutledge]

I think this is a charge either way. He was there before the player started their upward motion (not the rule anymore) and was waiting on the contact. I think the official was surprised by the contact and just called a block.

I also would have liked to have seen the lead rotate here, but they would have gotten there late. The C has this all the way.

Peace

[StripedYooper]

Correct me if I am wrong but the OP said lead should have taken the call. That call is C's and I feel he missed it.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by StripedYooper

Correct me if I am wrong but the OP said lead should have taken the call. That call is C's and I feel he missed it.

You are only wrong in the fact that the OP is not the one who said that.

[StripedYooper]

My apologies.

[WALDO]

Travel

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AremRed

If he stepped toward the end line I think he would have a worse view of potential defenders in his PCA. Stepping onto the court towards the basket would be more effective here IMO.

In your opinion. Not in mine.

[OKREF]

It's a travel first, then a PC

Originally Posted by Rich

In your opinion. Not in mine.

Duh, that's why I wrote "IMO".

[jeremy341a]

Hard to tell on the clip but it appears that perhaps the offensive player was fouled by the primary defender. Is it possible this had anything to do with the decision to go with a block? Not necessarily a makeup call but more of the brain will still processing the initial play.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Hard to tell on the clip but it appears that perhaps the offensive player was fouled by the primary defender. Is it possible this had anything to do with the decision to go with a block? Not necessarily a makeup call but more of the brain will still processing the initial play.

You might mean secondary defender. offense went around first player. guy who attempted to take charge came from help side..

In a college game your always aware of the arc/help side defense when someone is on way to rim but in this case the contact was far enough away from the arc that I personally doubt its a factor here. possible, i suppose not sure what he is thinking obviously...
i'm with badnews for most part on maybe why block called-- top half of defender flies to right and back somewhat on contact. rather than straight back. offensive player is trying to jump around him. looks a bit weird up top. he seems to be looking right at it so I'm not seeing him surprised etc.

maybe after his partner didn't call the charge against green less than two minutes earlier he decided there would be no charges that night…at least not for awhile longer

[jeremy341a]

I didn't mean secondary defender. I was saying that it appears that the first player the offense goes around may have fouled him.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Hard to tell on the clip but it appears that perhaps the offensive player was fouled by the primary defender. Is it possible this had anything to do with the decision to go with a block? Not necessarily a makeup call but more of the brain will still processing the initial play.

No, it wasn't a make-up call. I think what happened was that B1's contact with A1 made him pause for a second, and then he picked up B2 too late.